I am a software engineer working on back-end infrastructure stuff at Google.

My preferred language is C++, but I'm also well versed in Java and plain old C, and I have some familiarity with Perl, PHP, Python, and SQL.

I was once a Ph.D. student concentrating in theory, but eventually I decided I'd rather write code than write papers.

I maintain a website, mostly about programming and computer science related topics, called Nerdland.